So last summer, July 2018, Disney fired director James Gunn in what has regrettably become a normal, standard politically correct knee-jerk hyperoverreaction because he tweeted some jokes 10 years ago that suddenly someone didn’t like.

Upon his firing, Mr. Gunn issued an apology for the “offensive” tweets, which is not something I would have done.  Then upon being rehired, Mr. Gunn issued a completely pleasant statement humbly thanking his supporters for their support (of which there were many, including yrs. truly), but then expressed deep appreciation and excitement about continuing to make movies for Disney.

I would not have been so forgiving.  Not even close.  Of course, that JG has an extraordinarily successful Hollywood career and thus has to Play the Game.  Which is fine.  That JG is not nearly as vengeful and spiteful as this JG, however,  I have a hard time imagining what it would be like to work with an asshole corporation who fired me without cause a few months ago,  Are we just going to pretend that never happened?  I couldn’t do it.  But that’s just me   Good for Mr. Gunn.

This was, unfortunately, just one of dozens of similar episodes that we’ve had to watch in recent years, where because somebody said something 10, 20, 30 years ago, without incident, they find themselves suddenly unemployed, blacklisted, and virtually surrounded by a mob of pitchfork and torch wielding villagers engaging in feigned outrage manufactured by some entity with an agenda.  This is, across the board, wrong.  And it is despicable.  Evidently Mr. Gunn had been a very vocal detractor of President Trump, and popular suspicions point to the sudden reemergence of these old tweets as politically motivated and implemented.  And there have been numerous similarly contrived outrage orgies demanding if not blood than at least the total ruination of a career.  Any and all sides/parties/people who participate in this nonsense are wrong and malicious.

I don’t understand “being offended.”  I don’t know what that is…is it an emotion?  Does it mean your feelings got hurt?  Doesn’t matter.  I do know that offending someone is not a crime.  Not even close.  So quit treating it like it is.  And if you want to consider it a crime, it’s going to need a reasonable statute of limitations, so shit from 10 years ago would be inadmissible anyway.

This shit makes my head hurt.

Look, here’s the deal: because someone chooses to be offended by something in no way obligates anyone to do anything.  To ask the world to change so it does’t bump up against someone’s fragile feelings is absurd and should be embarrassing.  Sack up, shut up, and do something that matters.

#FuckTheMouse

N.P.: “Mr. Brownstone” – Guns N’ Roses